135 is admittedly my weakest rankings. I appreciate your input as I have only been following the bantamweights for a year or so. I will take your thoughts into deep consideration.

– I’ll keep an eye on Okazaki and Ueda. Perhaps they are too high and if Okazaki remains inactive, he will drop.

– The reason Curran is so low is because he hasn’t won a fight at 135 yet. I’m still debating with myself how relevant “wins outside of the weightclass” should be considered. What are your thoughts on that?

– Kid falls in the same category as Curran. His big wins have come at 145 or 155. I’m not sure what to do with him to be honest.

– Your lists are certainly welcome. It’s enjoyable to compare them and it creates a healthy debate. If I find any criticisms, i will bring them up.

Fair point as Curran has yet to win a fight at 135. However I sincerely feel he and Kid without a shadow of a doubt belong in the top 15 at bw. Btw, you have Kid ranked no. 5 at fw, however not ranked at bw in the weight class he recently just competed in.

I share your take that 138.6 (Dream’s odd bw/fw wc) should be considered bw.

I think win’s outside of a fighter’s weight class he is currently fighting in should be considered heavily. I fundamentally disagree with fan’s who asvocate figher’s like Mousasi(at lhw), or Gamburyan (at fw) should not be fairly ranked in accordance to their fighting ability at a new weight class.

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A fighter can rise in the rankings despite losing if he turns in a high-level performance.

Generally for a fighter to debut in the rankings, he must beat an established opponent or win several fights in a row impressively.

A fighter will be removed from the rankings after 2 years of inactivity or after poor performance.

(NR) means the fighter has yet to establish himself in their new weight class or is fighting outside his regular weight class or is coming off a 2-year layoff.

If a fight is at a catchweight, I will consider it at whatever division it is closest to. Example: A fight at 160 lbs. will be considered a lightweight fight (155 lbs.) rather than a welterweight fight (170 lbs.) because it’s only 5 lbs. away from lightweight rather than 10 lbs. for welterweight. If the weight difference is even, I will consider it a fight in the higher weight class.